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 You have put an end to his splendor * and cast his throne to the ground.

You have cut short the days of his youth * and have covered him with shame.

How long will you hide yourself, O ? will you hide yourself for ever? * how long will your anger burn like fire?

Remember,, how short life is, * how frail you have made all flesh.

Who can live and not see death? * who can save himself from the power of the grave?

Where, Lord, are your loving&#8209;kindnesses of old, * which you promised David in your faithfulness?

Remember, Lord, how your servant is mocked, * how I carry in my bosom the taunts of many peoples,

The taunts your enemies have hurled, O, * which they hurled at the heels of your anointed.

Blessed be the for evermore! * Amen, I say, Amen.

Lord, you have been our refuge * from one generation to another.